From the “Duh” File: National Corvette Museum May Display Some Sinkhole-Damaged Cars Permanently

In its latest update on the ongoing sinkhole saga, the National Corvette Museum has proffered a display plan for its eight ravaged Vettes that we had figured on weeks ago: Leaving at least some of the cars on permanent display. We understand sentimentality probably kept the museum from coming to this conclusion sooner, but did you see someof therides that were dragged out of the hole?

As best we can tell, of the eight Corvettes pulled into the earth beneath the museum, several demand less a restoration than a total re-creation from all-new parts. It seems the museum has realized that re-created Corvettes might seem less exciting to its patrons than, say, a few mangled piles of wreckage. The institution already is displaying the damaged cars until the fall, and has seen a huge uptick in museum traffic since the sinkhole incident, and continuing to capitalize on that only makes sense.

The museum says, “representatives from GM will be meeting with [us] next month to inspect each of the Great 8 and determine which ones are appropriate to be restored.” That sentiment is a bit of a 180 from the museum’s initial post-sinkhole announcement that all eight Corvettes swallowed by the hole would be restored, but it’s also about 180 degrees closer to reality. Everybody loves a good car crash, and now it seems at least part of this mega-hyped eight-car pileup will enthrall the public for years to come.